There is every indication that this book will be found both interesting and profitable reading by those for whom it is intended. It is merely a collection of several hundred random facts, each vouched for by some sportsman who has found it of use during some phase of his outdoor life. Sheer love of sport has been the actuating motive behind every contribution. A single glance at the text pages will be sufficient introduction for any sportsman, and it is for those who indeed possess the sporting spirit of fair play that this book is intended. To appropriate a phrase from the Father of Angling, "It is too good for ought but honest men."
This book is dedicated.
To Charlie, who taught me how to drop a far-flung bait into a pocket in the lily pads;
To Dorsey, who showed me how to dance a fly on a smiling pool ;
To Bob, who told me how to draw a bead and press a trigger;
To Hughie, who guided my first awkward attempt with a canoe pole;
And to every Tom, Dick, and Harry who helps another, tenderfoot or old-timer, to enjoy the more, to understand the closer, that vast heritage of the outdoors which Nature has left in trust with such as them.